Authenticate any user with a single shared password#

Warning

The Dummy Authenticator lets any user log in with the given password. This authenticator is extremely insecure, so do not use it if you can avoid it.

Enabling the authenticator#

  1. Always use DummyAuthenticator with a password. You can communicate this password to all your users via an out of band mechanism (like writing on a whiteboard). Once you have selected a password, configure TLJH to use the password by executing the following from an admin console.

    sudo tljh-config set auth.DummyAuthenticator.password <password>
    

    Remember to replace <password> with the password you choose.

  2. Enable the authenticator and reload config to apply configuration:

    sudo tljh-config set auth.type dummy
    
    sudo tljh-config reload
    

Users who are currently logged in will continue to be logged in. When they log out and try to log back in, they will be asked to provide a username and password.

Changing the password#

The password used by DummyAuthenticator can be changed with the following commands:

tljh-config set auth.DummyAuthenticator.password <new-password>
tljh-config reload